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Elsie Palmer Payne: 1884-1971
Elsie Palmer Payne
Born on September 9, 1884, in San Antonio, Texas
Died on June 17, 1971, in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elsie Palmer was born on September 9, 1884, in San Antonio, Texas.
She was the daughter of English immigrants. In 1886, the family moved from Texas to California, first to Los Angeles, then settling in Oakland.
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Her father, William Palmer, was of aristocratic descent and had been a breeder of horses before coming to the United States sometime about 1880. Her mother, Amelia Lake Palmer, taught art, piano and voice. Elsie was the youngest of eight children in the household.
In 1899, the Palmer family moved across the bay to San Francisco, and in 1903, Elsie began art training at Best Art School, founded by Arthur William Best (1859-1935) in San Francisco.
At the same time, Elsie worked for an advertising company, producing advertisements, catalogs and signs. In 1909, she met Edgar Alwyn Payne (1883-1947), a young artist from Chicago